Category Archives: Getting settled
French Internet Subscriptions: A comparison
The big cities in France have a highly developed and competitive internet system. In rural areas it’s less developed and much less competitive.
What’s dégroupage?
Dégroupage is the French term for ‘degrouped’, in this sense it means that companies other than France Télécom (Orange) can connect your telephone line. Most cities and towns in France are degrouped, [...]
Do you have all the right documents to rent your apartment or house?
If you want to rent your living space in France, you will need to put together an application for the landlord or estate agency handling the property. Each landlord is different and some may ask for more documents than others. Here’s what you should know:
Meeting People in Paris
This is the fifth and final part in my series this week on Paris.
Moving to a new place where you may not know many people is never easy, even less so when you don’t speak the language and the city is a big as Paris. And the truth is, the city can sometimes feel like [...]
Finding a place to rent in Paris
I’ll give you a rundown on housing in Paris’s neighbourhood, and try to give you an idea of where you might be able to get the most for your money.
Is Paris for you? Now the bad
This is the second part of TresFrench’s look at Paris. Read yesterday’s article on the good side of Paris.
Paris is a great city to live in, there’s no doubt about it. However the fact that it draws so many people to it leads to its major drawbacks.
Housing in Paris is expensive
Paris is an expensive place [...]
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